I’m Philly, born and bred – it’s my cultural identity. A huge part of that cultural core of my being is a passion about sports – Philadelphia is simply the greatest sports town in the nation. End of story. Every generation of Philadelphians has a set of characters which drew them into the sports lore…
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Oh the parade…
I was psyched to be able to head down to Philly for the Parade on Friday. Palmyra was nearly the perfect point from which to enter the city (the PA burbs had regional rail shut down on them – whoops!). We did have to got a few stations north to find room on a train…
Just For Fun
I love the Regional Pastor for ABCNJ. He’s intelligent, engaging, loves Jesus, and has both raised the bar of expectation for the region and helped people discover that they could vault those expectations (because Jesus empowers us to do so). As a matter of fact, the only thing I have against him is that he’s…
My Trip To The NLCS
Thanks to a thoughtful neighbor and my amazing wife, I was able to be in the stands for game 1 of the NLCS. It was my first playoff experience ever, and I have to say that the night was amazing. While I was there, however, I did have the sad realization that there’s a reason…
Lazy Journalism
Well apparently it’s not just a connecticut-based cable sports network that likes to perpetuate the old stories about Philly sports fans. Philly.com had link to this extraordinary piece of lazy journalism on the part of the LA Times. His potential breakdown of the series is also a great example of “homer” sports writing. Thanks for…
